HPE executive Antonio Neri spoke with CRN at HPE's Global Partner Conference about the company's new Arista Networks software-defined infrastructure strategic partnership and sales pact and how that will lead to sales gains against Cisco.

Matthew Ellis, Verizon's soon-to-be CFO, should tap channel partners to help the carrier maintain its position in the wireless market and continue to make headway in new areas, such as IoT, according to Verizon partners.

Verizon CFO Fran Shammo has announced his retirement after 27 years with the company. He will be succeeded by Matthew Ellis, current CFO of operations finance for the carrier's wireless and wireline division.

The telecom industry stayed hot in August with new partnerships, acquisitions, and offerings, from the industry heavyweights down to the local exchange carriers. Here are six development in August that the channel should be aware of.

Google has reportedly been running into issues with its Google Fiber deployments and could be switching to a wireless strategy. Partners weigh in on whether Google still has the ability to shake up the telecom industry.

Doron Kempel says selling hyper-convergence can be challenging for solution providers, but success will come from taking business from competitors that are unprepared or hesitant to embrace the technology.